Opera 10.54 and 10.60 on Windows 98

Wendell

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Jul 3, 2010, 1:01:02 PM7/3/10

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After updating msimg32.dll on Windows 98 SE, Opera 10.54 appears to
install and run without any problems. Without updating the DLL, Opera
will still run, but gives an error message about the transparency
feature.

On the same system, Opera 10.60 will not run. So maybe v10.54 is the
last to run on Win98.

The msimg32.dll v5.00.1693.1 that comes with Win98 needs to be
replaced with v5.00.2218.1 that comes with Windows ME. For details,
see this thread:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic153757.html

Dizzy

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Aug 12, 2010, 1:15:35 PM8/12/10

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Dne Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:01:02 +0200 Wendell <wend...@yahoo.com>
napsal(a):

> On the same system, Opera 10.60 will not run. So maybe v10.54 is the
> last to run on Win98.
>

For me was 10.10 the last working version, neither 10.54 nor 10.60 worked
on my win98 computer :-(

foxidrive

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Aug 12, 2010, 1:45:01 PM8/12/10

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On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:15:35 +0200, Dizzy <di...@example.com> wrote:

>For me was 10.10 the last working version, neither 10.54 nor 10.60 worked
>on my win98 computer :-(

Surely not much of todays software will run on a Win9x machine.

It *is* a 13 year old operating system...

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Regards,
Mic

Fred

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Aug 12, 2010, 3:08:08 PM8/12/10

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Maybe so, but it's the fastest, most secure and stable os microshaft has
ever produced.

dwn

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Aug 13, 2010, 12:57:00 AM8/13/10

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I hang on to 98 till late last year and finally migrated to XP when
I had to spend too much time fixing and patching. I believe my
last working Opera was 9.4.

I migrated from Netscape to Opera way back in the 90's. I like
Opera as it is extremely stable, almost never crash. The only
disadvantage, some sites especially Ebay which my wife visited
very often require IE.

thanatoid

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Aug 13, 2010, 11:43:56 PM8/13/10

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dwn <ddw...@nonet.net> wrote in
news:i42ja...@news1.newsguy.com:

<SNIP>

> I hang on to 98 till late last year and finally migrated to
> XP when I had to spend too much time fixing and patching. I
> believe my last working Opera was 9.4.

Try Opera@USB, install it to the HD. Best Opera ever. Everything
works with NO setup.

> I migrated from Netscape to Opera way back in the 90's. I
> like Opera as it is extremely stable, almost never crash.
> The only disadvantage, some sites especially Ebay which my
> wife visited very often require IE.

Not IME. Also, Opera has a "identify as" IE of FFox switch if
you DO run across site which is retarded enough to require IE.
My advice is, leave instead. Lots of other places to go.

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Any mental activity is easy if it need not be subjected to
reality.

Ed

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Aug 14, 2010, 7:28:44 PM8/14/10

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I am very happily running Opera 10.60 on my Win98SE machine.

But before downloading it. I installed Kernel v4.5 to extend Win98SE
capabilities.

Ed

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Aug 19, 2010, 6:19:31 PM8/19/10

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Now running Opera 10.61 on Win 98SE machine.

Ed

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Aug 19, 2010, 6:23:02 PM8/19/10

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What is the problem?

Opera 10.61 runs very nicely here under Win98SE.

Ed

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Aug 19, 2010, 6:27:28 PM8/19/10

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Opera 10.61 runs perfectly well on my Win98SE machine.

Ed

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Aug 19, 2010, 6:31:10 PM8/19/10

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And, yes, I am running Opera 10.61 very happily on ma Win98SE machine.

Peter Krefting

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Aug 20, 2010, 4:34:18 AM8/20/10

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Dizzy <di...@example.com>:

> For me was 10.10 the last working version, neither 10.54 nor 10.60
> worked on my win98 computer :-(

Did you download the installer from Opera's web site, or did you perform
an automatic update? Apparently, there have been issues with the automatic
update and Win9x systems not installing all required files. Using the
installer from www.opera.com should fix that.

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\\// Peter Krefting - Core Technology Developer, Opera Software ASA

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